Bryotropha plantariella

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Bryotropha plantariella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species:
B. plantariella
Binomial name
Bryotropha plantariella
(Tengström, 1848) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia plantariellaTengström, 1848
  • Gelechia cinerosellaTengström, 1848
  • Gelechia serrulatellaTengström, 1848
  • Bryotropha brevipalpellaRebel, 1893

Bryotropha plantariella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, north-eastern Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Belarus, Russia (including Siberia) and North America. Records from Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia need confirmation.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm for males and 11–12 mm for females. [2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.

The larvae possibly feed on Sphagnum species.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: